11 replies to this topic

[Slick]

does anyone know where I can find all the commands avaliable in the chat rooms, when chatting I find others doing things which I can't figure out how they do it. I fed up with asking the other in the room how to perform these actions and feel it is making me look a little stupid

[Rainstorm]

Have you checked the help page on the Atlas F1 chat? http://www.atlasf1.com/chat/help.html

For a very thorough guide on IRC (the chat protocol) and its commands, visit http://www.irc.net -- check out the New User Guide for a good starting point.

[Andy]

Don't worry Slick, I'm with you on this one!

[FordPrefect]

I'm glad someone else feels the same way...and I get the feeling that sometimes people are 'borrowing' other people's names.

thanks for the help



------------------
I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard

Sarah Mclachlan

[tanja]

You shouldn't feel bad about asking, and I don't think you'll look stupid. I only started joining the chat room and I found out how to do stuff by asking. People were very helpful. I haven't seen anyone new who comes on being shot down. We all have to learn somehow
And to avoid impersonation, register your nickname!


[This message has been edited by tanja (edited 04-04-2000).]

[SeaMonkey]

I was in the same boat too! BTW FordPrefect, you can put a password protection on your nick so nobody else can use it...

[SeaMonkey]

oops, tanja already mentioned that you could register your name...sorry

[FordPrefect]

there are people who understand the first time and then there is me,,,,,,register your name??? ....did I miss another memo??

how?
thanks

[Rich]

FordPrefect, it's very simple. When you enter chat, just type the following line into the space where you usually type your text :

/nickserv register FordPrefect <password> <youremail>

So if you wanted to use abcd as a password and your email address is fp@aol.com, then you would type :

/nickserv register FordPrefect abcd fp@aol.com

After you've done that, the nick 'FordPrefect' will be registered, and nobody else will be allowed to use it. If anybody tries to use it, they will have to supply the password.

However, you yourself will also have to enter the password each time you log in. So, the moment you connect, simply type in :

/pass abcd

You have 60 seconds in which to do this. I'm not in chat as regularly as I used to be. But I hope to see you in there soon.

[FordPrefect]

many thanks Rich

hope to see you there...
but probably not tonight, I'm stuck behind the firewall from hell

FP

[This message has been edited by FordPrefect (edited 04-05-2000).]

[tanja]

thanks Rich for providing that info. I was going to add that info to my message, but I didn't have time

If anyone has other questions, I think this is a good place to ask if you don't want to do it in the chat room. Other than SeaMonkey, I thinkI've seen you all there recently.

Oh...and Slick...you didn't think I was a gorl? Oh boy, are you in trouble

[Slick]

Thanks everyone for replying to this bullitin board message. It seems that I have uncovered a number of people who were in the same situation as me. Hopefully as me we are all a little bit wiser.



btw I had managed to figure out how to registar my nick and have done so.

[This message has been edited by Slick (edited 04-05-2000).]